Bosnia 'a haven for Islamist terrorists'

Islam in Action ^ | July 31Th, 2009 | Christopher Logan

[Islaminaction]

Recently VP Joe Biden went over to Bosnia and told them to play nice, but apparently they do not care what he had to say.

Balkans: Bosnia 'a haven for Islamist terrorists'

Belgrade, 30 July (AKI) – Bosnia has become a haven for Islamic terrorists who feel protected by local authorities and are planning terrorist acts in various countries, experts on terrorism said on Thursday. Dzevad Galijasevic, a Bosnian expert on terrorism, told Tanjug news agency that there was a “developed network of support for Islamic terrorists” in Bosnia.

[rahbert]

Why would anyone expect a different result? This part of the world has been a train wreck since before there were trains.

Didn’t Bismarck say that the Balkans weren’t worth the life of a single Pomeranian grenadier?

[oneolcop]

The past thousand years have been a series of tragedies for the people of Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia. The are caught between the east and the west. Family and clan loyalties are pitted against "western" social systems. Then throw in religion and communism. I lived there (in all three countries) for a time and know that the people -the ordinary ones, are wonderful, generous and intensely loyal to family, clan and village. But they sure can hold a grudge. The still talk about what happened literally hundreds of years ago as if it was last week.

There are certainly bad guys among the mostly good guys. They operate by isolating themselves and by forcible "marriage" of local women. The United Nations operations there were and still are a perfect example of the corruption and ineptness of that organization. The failure of the UN is the reason the US had to get involved in the first place. Personally, I think the best course of action is to back the secular people of the five factions and let them fight it out.